Clerodendrum pleiosciadium Gürke

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Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

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Road to sawmill, via entrada, Catapu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Road to sawmill, via entrada, Catapu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Road to sawmill, via entrada, Catapu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Road 213 from Inhamitanga to Chupanga

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road 219 from Caia to Chupanga

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

Clerodendrum pleiosciadium

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

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Synonyms: Clerodendrum congestum Gürke
Clerodendrum syringifolium Baker
Common names: Sandveld tinderwood (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Woody herb, suffrutex or scrambling shrub, up to 3 m tall. Older branches with persistent hook-like petiole bases. Leaves opposite, subopposite or 3-4-whorled, ovate or ovate-oblong up to 12 × 8 cm, more or less discolorous, thinly textured; petiole up to 5 cm long, distinctly articulated. Inflorescences in terminal, umbel-like heads. Calyx 6-8 mm long, hairless, lobes longer than the tube, ending in a filiform point. Corolla white or cream, sweet-scented; tube 14-19 mm long, slender, hairless; lobes subcircular, 3.5-4 mm long. Stamens and style long-exserted. Fruit subglobose, deep red or purplish-black.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pleiosciadium: pleio: more than usual; sciadion: a parasol or umbel, referring to the clusters of flowers
Habitat: Mixed forest and woodland, riverine forest, roadsides and thickets on schist, deep sand and sandstone.
Altitude range: (metres) 0 - 1750 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo Province).
Zimbabwe distribution: S
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Images last updated: Monday 4 September 2017
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 184.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 847. (Includes a picture).

Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Page 97.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 55.

Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 576 - 577. (Includes a picture).


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Clerodendrum pleiosciadium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149030, retrieved 29 March 2024

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